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W. F. POLMER.

CAMERA.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 2. 190a.

Patented June 8, 1909.

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CAMERA.

APPLICATION FILED APE.2,1908.

W. F. FOLMER.

CAMERA.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 2, 1908.

923,827. Patented June 8, 1909.

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W. P. FOLMER.

CAMERA.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 2, 190a.

Patented June 8, 1909.

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CAMERA.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 2, 1908.

Patented June 8, 1909.

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W. P. FOLMER.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

cam-113a.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. April 2, 1908. Serial No. 424,695.

To all'whomit may concern:

" 'Be it known that 1, WILLIAM F. FoLMER,

of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful 1m )rovements'in Cameras; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and ex act description of the same, reference, being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the reference-mimerals marked thereon.

My present invention relates to photography and it has for its object to provide a strong and serviceable camera which can be rapidly and conveniently operated and will be suitable for such general and efficient service as is required, for instance, by press or newspaper photographers, as well as in less exacting capacities.

To these and other ends theinvention consists in certain improvements and combinations of parts all as will be hereinz'ifter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of the In the drawings: Figure .1 is a side elevation of a camera constructed in accordance with and illustrating one embodiment of my invention, the focusing hood and front being in extended-positions. Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal section thereof with the parts in the same position. Fig. 3 is a similar fragmentary view showing the folding arrangements for the hood. Fig. 1 is a rear View showing the camera back in elevation. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary horizontal section on the line 55 of Fig. l showing a top plan of thecameraback. Fig.6is a detail icrspective view of one of the securing mem ers for the back. Fig. 7 is a detail elevation of the resilient part cooperating with said securing member. Fig. 8 is a diagonal transverse section substantially on the line 8-8 of Fig. 2 illustrating in front elevation a latch for retaining the mirror or flap in its operative position. Fig. 9 is a detail of the locking means for the hinged cover, being a transverse horizontal section on the line 99 of Fig. 2. Fig. 10 is an elevation of the inner face of the mounting plate showing the releasing mcchanism of the camera shutter in the position preceding an exposure. Fig. 11

is a similar fragmentary view showing the same parts in released )osition. Fig. 12 is a horizontal section on t, e line 12-12 of Fig.

Fig. is a vertical Patented J une 8, 1909.

10. Fig. 13 is a vertical section on the line l313 of Fig. 10. Fig. 14 is a substantially vertical section on the line 1414 of Fig. 11.

section through the refleeting means, in detail, for the index of the exposure mechanism taken on the line 1515 of Fig. 1.. .Fig. 1-6 is an enlarged detail elevation of the automatic shutter operating mechanism set for instantaneous work with the parts in the positions occupied before actuation of the mirror or fla Fig. 17 is a view similar to Fig. 16, but wit the parts .in, the position they'occupy after the actuation of the mirror or flap. Fig. 18 is a section on the line 18-48 of Fig. 16. Fig. 19 is anelevation of the mounting plate and speed controlling mechanism of the shutter carried thereby, the cover plate being removed. Fig. 20 is an elevation of the inner face of the same mounting plate showing a tension member carried thereby. Fig. 21 is a vertical section on the line 2121 of Fig. 19. Fig. 22 is a detail of the flap operating spring and its housing taken on the line ZZZ--22 Fig. 2; Fig. 23 is a )lllll view of the shutter curtain extended. *ig. 24 is a detail section thereof on the line 2 12 1 of Fig. 23. Fig. 25 is a detail-section on the line 2525 of Fig. 23.

Similar reference numerals in the several figures indicate similar parts.

Referring more particularly to the Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings and to the reference numerals marked thereon, 1 indicates a suitable casing having an opening 2 in the front Wall thereof, an exposure opening 3' in its rear Wall, the latter being closed by the back 4 and the former by the front 5 supported. rack teeth 7 on the inner sides engaged by pinions on an operating upon slides 6 having shaft 8 having an operating knob 9, by means of which the for focusing the lens carried thereby, as is usual. The lens board or mounting to which the lens is ordinarily attached is arrangedwithin a seat 10 in the breast 11 on the rear of the front and is protected by the door 12, locked in its closed position by a bolt 13. In its retracted position the front remains Wholly within the casing 2, the door 12 being held closed by the bolt 13 actuated by engagement with a plate 14 on the casing and released to automatically open the door by a spring 15 when the front is projected front is projected or retracted WILLIAM F. FOLMER, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO EASTMAN KODAK (10., OF

sufficiently-to disengage the bolt and plate. ll0

from t The bellows 16 is connected to the front 5 at its forward end, and at its rear end to the front wall 17 of a chamber 18 contained within the casing, said front wall having'an opening 1 9 therein. v The chamber 1S closed at the top, in the present instance, by the focusing screen 20 preferably of ground glass arranged in a frame 21, the side .walls of the chamber being supplied by the corres 0nding walls of the casing itself. Journa ed 1n and extending transversely of the casing and chamber 18 is a shaft 22 carrying a flap 23 which is in the present instance also a focusing mirror moved to its operative position, as shown in Fig. 2, by means of a lever 24 on the end of the shaft 22 projecting exteriorly of the casing. The, mirror is held in its said operative position u on a seat 24 by means of a latch shown in ig. 8, comprising in the present instance, a lever 25 extending paralel with the shaft 22 and pivoted at 26 to a plate 27 secured to the seat 24 and having an ear 28 upon one arm, which engages with the projection 29 on the mirror frame, the said arm being guided beneath an ear 29*. on the plate 27. The latch is normally held in engagement, or in position for engagement,by a spring 30 and is released by a lever 31 (Fig. 2) pivoted at 32 in the side wall of the casing to operate in a plane at right angles to the plane of operation of the latch, and having a finger ortion 33 on its outer arm accessible 1e exterior of the casing. The inner arm of this lever is oflset to roject through an opening 34 in the wall of t e casing and to engage the adjacent arm 35 of the lever 25, being operated against the tension of a spring 36 which normally holds the lever against a stop 37 out of engagement with the said lever 25. This lever 31 is preferably mountedu on a plate 38, and with the exception of t e plro ecting operating portion is concealed by t e usual leather or other.covering of the camera to prevent the entrance of light through-the a erture 34. When released the mirror 23 'es upwardly through the tension of a spring 39, to an inoperative position against a seat 40 on the frame 21 at the top of the chamber 18, the spring 39 being attached at a point eccentric to the shaft 22 and arranged in the present instance in a 7 housing 41 on an inner wall of the casing (Figj22). i

The top of the casing is formed in the present instance by the hinged cover 42 and an oppositely arranged supplementary cover 43 having a keeper strap 44 which engages over the cover 42 and secures the latter in closed position, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the said supplementary cover 43 being provided with locking devices shown in Figs. 2 and 9, and comprising in the resent instance, a rotary disk 45 having bo ts 46 ivoted thereto at opposite sides and norma y actuated in engagement with keeper plates 47101. the easing, by the action of a spring 48 connected to it, the said plates being withdrawn by the rotary movement of the disk 45 imparted thereto by means of the operating or controlling member 49. I

Secured at'its 11 per end to. the cover 42 and at its lower em to or in the region of, the frame 21 carrying the focusing screen 20, is a focusing hood 50 of any preferred collapsible construction. The body of the hood is adapted to fold against the under side of the cover and occupy the space between the latter and the focusing screen 20 when the cover is closed, while the projecting eye-piece 51 shown in the present instance is accommodated beneath the supplementary cover 43, and when the cover 42 is raised the hood is so constructed as to spring to its operative position where it is held by the usual links 52 connecting the cover and casing. The cover is also provided with a handle portion 53 preferably extending transversely to the axis of its movement and which acts both as a handle for carrying the camera as a whole, and for effecting the movement of the cover itself. The controlling member 49 of the locking device for the supplementary cover 43 projects in the direction of and adjacent to the handle portion 53, so that should the operator be carrying the camera in one hand, and suddenly desire to make a snap-shot or instantaneous exposure without loss of time, his thumb or. finger can conveniently release the locking device, whereat the camera will drop from the cover and its weight will operate the focusing hood to its expanded position. (Figs. land 3).

Asbest shown, in the present instance, the camera is constructed for the use .of photographic plates rather than film, the back 4 105 havin a resilient connection with the casing where y it can be displaced outwardly and the plate-holder inserted and held in front thereof or between it and the casing and in register with the exposure aperture 3, as usual, the said back eing provided with a supplementary focusing screen 54 accessible through a door 55, and occupying, interchangeably with the plates in the plateholder, a position in the focal plane of the camera. As it is often necessary to remove the camera-back entirely, the yielding connections above referred to are also rendered detachable and comprise in the present instance, (Figs; 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7), resilient members 56 and 57 secured to the back 4 at opposite ends, the upper member 56 engaging behind a securing device 58 on the casing embodying (Fig: 6) a downwardly extending ear having an inwardly projecting locking. 125 shoulder 59. The member 56 (Fig. 7) is: v

rovided on its lower edge with arecess formmg abutments 60 and when the member is' pressed'behind the securing ear, and thence moved outwardly by virtue of its own resili- 130 mg shoul er with the abutments 60 engaging la, recess is brought into engagement abdve the abutment 62v'l1e11 the plug is in place, securely locking the lower port-ion oi the back to the casing.

The camera in the present embodiment is fitted with a shutter of the focal comprising a flexible curtain 65, which asto its general nature, is constructedin substantial accordance with my prior patent No. 843,140, dated Februaryfith, 1907, and it is fed from a feed roller 66 to a lower winding roller 67 over guide rollers 68 and across the exposure opening" 3 in frontof the plate or sensitized material to sheet .the exposure. The curtain 1s (cloth, having opaque portions 69 and intermediate openings70, the longitudinal edges of the sheet being doubled back upon themselves to form flexible tapes connecting the opaque portions at the sides of the openings, the said connecting tapes being thus reinforced in a simple manner to ossess adequate strength. The transverse y extending edges of the opaque portions which define the opening are rovided with binding strips 71 which extend u on both surfaces ofthe curtain and have ifurcated ends 72 between 7 which the said tapes are secured as by rivets 73. The arrangements justdescribed form a cheap, simple and convenient means for stillemng the opaque portions in their move ment across the exposure openlng in order the plane of movement of wit that the plane of movement may be well defined, and the shutter-openings sharp and distinct.

The upper, and in} the resent instance, feed-roller 66, is arranged the curtain, in order that more room may be provided within the casing for the focusing devices generally, andv particularly the shaft of the flap or flexible mirror 23, which may be mounted at the extreme rear of the casing and chamber 18. To this end I prefer to provide a reccss 74 'in rear of the casing 1 and above the supporti'or the plates or recording device is partially arranged, its outside and the convolution of the curtain when wound thereon, being protected by a plate 75 forming a esass'z' ency, it s rings into place beneath the lock plane type ,stud shaft terminates referably constructed from a single sheet of exible material, such as black ig. 2) in rear of 1111 which recess or chamber the roller 66 breast which projects rearwardl y; from the rear face of the casing, and the said roller is thus accommodated at the point before described, without adding materially to the bulk of the'camera as a whole. o

Referring now to Figs. 19 to 2 1, the lower curtain roller 67 is in the present instance the winding roller and'is carried upon a-sh'aft 76 journaled at one end in a mountingor plate 77 secui-ed to the casing l, and carrying also apvinding device including the driving mechanism and the ad ustable anism therefor, which I will nowproceed to describe. Carried on the shaft 76 is a gear 78 meshing with a toothed disk 79 loosely mounted on a stud shaft 80 on the plate 77 and rotated by a spiral sprmg 81 connected thereto at its outer end 82 and to the shaft 80 at its inner end, the said spring being held from lateral displacement by a strap 83 on the disk 79. v The spring or tension member 81 thus provides a means for driving the.

winding roller 67 and moving the curtain off from the feed roller 66 The outer end of the an operating or winding knob 83 and it is also provided with a series of spaced teeth 84 forming stop abut- -ments adapted to connect with cooperating abutments 85 on an escapement member 86 slotted to reciprocate upon guides formed in the present instance by, a pin 87 and a stud shaft 88 both on the plate 77, the reciprocation being effected in one direction through a spring 89 and in the other t1on of a finger-piece 90*through the alter- .nately, exerted influence of which-the stud or windmgshaft 80 is allowed to rotate intermittently in either. direction through the space of the distance between the stops 84,

as will be understood. The rota-tion of the shaft 80 moves simultaneously a toothed index Wheel 91 driven by a gear 92 onthe shaft which meshes with the wheel, the latter being journaled on the stud 88 and provided with a series of characters 93, from which is determined the extent to which the winding shaft has been rotated, and 'from which is ascertained the tension exerted upon the said shaft and similarly the roller shaft 76 by the tensionmember 81. As a means for indicating the particular recording characters at a given tension of the spring, I provide an indicator which is arranged in the endless path of movement of the said characters, and corl perates with but one of the latter at a time.

iis indicator is preferably formed by an aperture 94 (Fig. 1) in a cover plate 95secured to the plate 77 and which conceals the index wheel as a whole and the controlling mechanism. The operating portion 90 of the escapement projects through an opening 96 at the lower edge thereof.

When the tension member is being Wound.

up by means of the knob 83 on its Winding shaft,'the said shaft is prevented from retrocontrolling mechby manual opera- It is, however, not expedient that a grade movement by the engagement of one of the abutments 85; on the spring actuated escapement 86 with the stops 84 successively,

should produce only a artial rotation of the 10 '84 as shown, resultin infrequent halts of shaft, I prefer to provi e a plurality of stops the index wheel relatively to the indicator aperture 94;, and furthermore the said wheel being directly driven by the shaft travels a conslderable distance at each actuation of the knob shaft from one step to the next.

character should be registered at each stop, as the differences in the relative tensions produced would be slight. On the other hand, a very large index wheel would be requlred were the characters arranged thereon to pass the Indicator in the sequence of their values. In order, therefore, to use a smaller directly driven index wheel, and because of other considerations, I arrange the characters out of the order of their values, substantially as I shown, for instance in Fig. 19, and so proortion the relative diameters of the index wheel with its driving gear 92 and in relation 'to the stops 84 that each movement of the I shaft from one stop to the next will result in the indicator registering in the interval between the last recorded character and the succeeding character not next in value between two succeeding characters not next in value; between a succeeding character not next in value and the next character in value, or upon the next character in point of value. To 1llustrate:ln Fig. 19 the indicator is registering the character .1. 'At the first upon winding the shaft, the indicatorsto will have nearly reached 7. At the next it will be-between 7 and 13; at the next slightl beyond 13 and at the fourth in register wit the next character in point of value which will be 3. If the speed of the shutter is to be reduced when set for high tension, the escapement 86 is released intermittently by pressure on the fingeriece 90; and the characters on the index w eel will be registered in the same but inverse order, until that representing the lower tension desired is opposite the indicator.

The upper and in the present instance, feed-roller 66,- is mounted upon a shaft 97 (Figs. 10 and 11) journaled at one end in a plate 98 secured to the upper portion of the side wall of the casing 1 and .upon which 100 mounted upon a stud shaft 101 journaled on the plate 98 and terminating in a knob 113 ar-. ried on the shaft 97 is a gear 99 driving a gear on the exterior of thecamera. Fixed to the gear 100 and therefore movable with the shaft 97 and its roller is a revoluble annular member 102 provided with a plurality (two in the present instance) :of inwardlyextending winding stops 103 and an outwardly extending arresting stop we. Pivoted to the plate as at 105 is an operating lever 106 havmg a finger-piece 107 projecting through a slot in the late to the exterior of the camera. The opposite end of this lever is forked or bifurcated to form arms 107 and 108, the arm 107 being provided with an abutment 109 movable into and out of the path of and in contact with the winding stops 103, and the other with an abutment 110 movable simultaneously into and out of the path of and in connection with the arresting stop 104, a spring finger 111 being arranged oppo-' site thereto to spring in rear of the stop 104: when the latter engages the abutment 110 andafter bein displaced by said stop, prevents retrogra e movement of the revoluble member 102. The abutment 109 is normally held in engagement with one of the winding stops 103 through the action of a spring 112, the curtain being under tension from the driving spring 81 of the speedcontrolling device and tending to rotate its shaft 97 and the revoluble member 102.

When the curtain is to be wound u on the feed roller 66 for an exposure the kno 113 is manually rotated, an through the gear 100 rotates roller shaft 97, the winding stops 103 being successively engaged by the abutment 109 on the lever 106 and the abutment 110 thereon being out of the path of the arresting stop107, as shown in Fig. 10. The curtain is then set and upon an oscillation of the lever 106 by moving the finger-piece 107, the abutment 109 moves toward the center of the annular member 102 out of the path of the winding stops 1'03, and the abutment 110 moves into the path of the arresting stop 104, which latter-engages it upon a ful rotation of the said member 102, as driven through the caring 99. After the releasing movement 0? the lever 106 is completed, the abutment 110 is moved out of engagement with the arresting stop 104 and the abutment 109 moves back into engagement with one of the winding stops 103 through the ends of the sprin 112. A single rotation of the gear 100 an member 102 allows a sufficient number of rotations ofthe roller shaft 97 to pass enough of the curtain from the feed to the winding roller to effect the desired exposure.

An index wheel 114 journaled on the stud 115 on the stop 98 is driven by the said shaft 101, the characters thereon being .viewable .through an aperture 116 in the plate 98 (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 10) which index indicates to the operator the position of the curtain upon the rollers; or in other eeaeav ,means for reflecting images as seen throu h The the opening 116 in a vertical direction. saidmeans 15 shown in detail 1n Fig. 15 and comprises in the present instance a bracket 117 secured to the plate 98 and carrying an optical prism 118 held adjacent the opening '116, so that the character in register therewith is reflected upwardly;.

In order to effect an 0 eration of the shutter instantaneously wit i the movement of themirror 23, when rotated from an operative to an inoperative position, after the focusing of'the subject has been completed,-

and without loss of time, I rovide'arrangea ments best illustrated in Figs. 113-16' The fin er-portion 107 of the operatin lever 106 ofthe exposure controlling mec a'nism' is arranged adjacent to the outer prbjecting end of the mirror shaft 22 and in the path of a segmental disk 119 carried on and revoluble with the shaft 22.

The disk is locked for rotation with the shaft by the enga'gement within apertures 120 .and 121 therein of a projection 122 on the shaft, and formed in the present instance by an car on the mirror 0 crating lever 24, the disk being held in suc 1 engagement by the spring l23interposed between it and the plate 98. As the mirror shaft 22 is a rock shaft, and has but a limited movement, the apertures 120 and 121 are arranged at different relative distances on the circumference of the'segment, so that when the projection 122 is in engagement with the frame, the disk will be rotated a sullicient distance with the shaft 22 when themirroris released, by means of the lever 33, totrip the operating member 107 of the shutter controlling lever 106 and release the shutter, but when it is desired to use the mirror independently of the shutter, as for a time exposure,- the projection 122 is brought into engagement With the aperture 121, with which arrangement the segment 119 is not sulficiently. advanced'with the partial rotation of the shaft 22 to trip the member 107, and the shutter may therefore be independently operated.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a camera, the combination with a casing, a. hinged cover' therefor having a handle portion and focusing devices arranged beneath the cover, of means for locking the latter in closed osition and an operating member coutrolllng said means arranged adjacent to the handle portion of the cover.

2. In a camera, the combination with a casing, a hinged cover therefor having a handle portion extending transversely to its axis and focusing devices arranged beneath the cover, ofmeans for locking the latter in closed position and an operating member 'prlsing resilient members carried b controlling said means projeetin towa and arranged adjacent the handIe porticn of the cover.

3. In a camera, the combination with a casing, a hinged cover therefor having a hand e, portion and a folding focusing hood arranged beneath the cover and expanded to an operative position through the opening movement of the latter, of means for locking the cover in closed position and an operatin member controlling said means arrange adjacent to the handle portion of the cover.

'4. In a camera, the combination with a casing having a chamber therein and an aperture in one of its walls, aflap movable within the chamber and a latch cooperatin therewith, of a controlling device for sal latch embodying a lever pivoted to the casing havin onearm accessible from the exterior of the latter and the other projecting through the a erture and engaging the latch.

5. ii a camera, the combinationwith a 1 casing or body portion and a back therefor, of

yielding connections between said parts comone of them, a securing device on the ot er with which one of said members is adapted to engage and having a locking shoulder cooperat mg wlth the latter and means for lock ng the ot ler member to said last mentioned part.

6. In a camera, the combination with a casing or body portion and a back therefor, of yielding connections between said parts comprising resilient members carried by one of them, a securing device on the other with which one of said members is adapted to engage and having a locking shoulder cooperatmg with abutments on the member to prevent movement of the latter relatively thereto and means for locking the other member to said last mentioned part.

7. In a camera, the combination with a casing or body portion and a back therefor, of yielding connections between said parts comprising resilient members carried by one of them, a securing device on the other with which one of said members is ada )ted to engage and havin a locking shoul er thereon coo crating wit the member through the resi iencyof the latter and means for locking the other resilient member to said last mentioned part.

8, Ina camera, the combination with a range-i casing and a support for recording devices in rear thereof, said casing being provided with an elongated recess or chamber arabove said support, of a curtain shutter an aged to operate in front of recordin devices arranged in. the support, feed an winding devices for said curtain, one embodying a roller partially arranged in the recess in the casing and a breast or cover plate for the roller proiecting rearwardly from the rear face of the casing.

19. In a camera, the combination with a casing, a shutter mechanism arranged therein and an adjustable mechanism for controlling the exposure of the shutter, of an index and an indicator therefor movable relatively to each other in an endless path with the adjusting movements or" the controlling mechanism, the characters on the index being so arran ed as to pass the indicator successively out 0% the order of their values, and a stop mechanism for bringing the characters of the finder: to a stop relatively to and in register with the indicator, each consecutively in the order of its Value.

11. In a camera, the combination with a casing, a shutter mechanism arranged therein and an adjustable mechanism for controllin the ex osure of the shutter, of an index an an indicator therefor movable relatively to each other in an endless path with the ad-.

justing movements of the controlling mechanism the characters on the index being so ar ranged as to pass the indicator successively out of the order of their values, a sto mechanism for bringing the characters 0 the index to a stop relatively to and in register with the indicator each consecutively in the order of its value and means for concealing all the characters except the one being indicated.

12. In a camera, the combination with a casing, a shutter mechanism arranged therein embodying a spring and mechanism for con-' trolling the exposure of the shutter by varying the tension of the spring, of an index having characters thereonthe relative values of which represent different degrees ofitension' of the spring and an indicator. for the index, the index and indicator being movable relatively to each other in an endless path with the movements of the controlling mechanism as the tension of the spring is'varied, the

character of the index bemg equally spaced from each other and. so arranged as to. pass the indicator successively. out of the order of their values and a sto mechanism for halting relative movement 0 the index and indicator at predetermined intervals of travel, the indicator at each halt after an indication being stopped to indicate a character next in value or between-the intervening characters.

13. In a camera,the combination with a casing, a' shutter mechanism arranged therein and adjustable mechanism including a arresting sto cease? shaft for controlling the exposure of the shutter, of an index wheel, having characters arranged circumferentially thereof, out of the order of their values, driving connections between the shaft and index wheel, a cover plate for the latter havin an opening therein arranged in the path of the characters and a sto mechanism for bringin the latter in register with the opening in t 1e cover plate,

.each consecutively in the order of its value.

14. In a camera, the combination with a casing, feed and Winding rollers carried thereby and a curtain shutter operated by said rollers, of a tension member for driving the Winding roller, a winding shaft for the tension member having abutments thereon, an index wheel driven with the shaft and mounted upon a stud, and an escapemen-t for the shaft comprising'a reciprocating member cooperating intermittently with the abutments and guided on the stud.

15. In a camera, the combination with a casing, curtain rollers mounted therein, a curtain shutter movable with the rollers and actuating means for one of the latter, of controlling mechanism arranged to o erate with the curtain and comprising a revo uble memher having a plurahty of windin stops and an arresting stop, means norma y arranged in the path of and engaging the winding stops and means engaging the arresting stop after a full rotation of the revoluble member upon the release of said first mentioned means.

16. In a camera, the combination with'a casing, curtain rollers mounted therein, a curtain shutter movable with the rollers and actuating means for one of the latter, of controlling mechanism arranged to o crate with the curtain and comprising a revo uble member having a plurahty of Winding stops and an arresting stop, and an operating member normally engaging the winding stops and movable to engage the arresting stop after each full rotation of the revoluble member.

17. In a camera, the combinationwith a casing, curtain rollers mounted therein, a curtain shutter movable with the rollers and actuating means for one of the latter, of con trolling mechanism arranged to operate with the curtain and comprising an annular revoluble member having a plurality of inwardly projecting Winding stops on itsinner circumference and an outwardly projecting on .its outer circumference, means norma y arranged in the path of and engag' the winding stops and means engaging t earrestingstop after a full rotation of the revoluble member upon the release of said first mentioned means.

18. In a camera, the combination with a casing, curtain rollers mounted therein, a curtain shutter movable with the rollers and actuating means for one of the latter, of controlling mechanism arranged to o erate with the curtain and comprising a revo uble memher having a plurality of winding stops and an arresting stop, and an operating lever pivoted to the casing and having a forked arm, each fork being provided with an abutment adapted to engage the winding and arresting stops, respectively, and moved alternately into and out of such res ective engagement upon the oscillation of t e lever.

19. In a camera, the combination with a casing having a lateral opening therein and suitable shutter mechanism arranged in the casing, of an index member movable with the shutter mechanism, mounted in the casing, its characters being viewable through the opening and means for reflecting the image of said character in a substantially vertical direction.

20. In a camera, the combination with a casing provided with a laterally arranged cover pate having an opening therein, suit able shutter mechanism arranged in the easing and an index member movable therewith and mounted on the inner side of the cover plate, its characters being viewable through the opening in the latter, of an optical prism secured upon the outer side of the cover plate adjacent the opening for reflecting the images 'of the characters in a direction parallel with the cover plate.

21. In a camera, the combination with a casing, a shaft journaled therein, a focusing mirror movable with the shaft to operative and inoperative positions, and a segmental disk rotatable with the shaft, of a shutter mechanism arranged in the casing and a releasing member therefor arranged in the path of the disk and operated thereby when the mirror is moved to its inoperative position.

22. In a camera, the combination with a casin and rollers mounted therein, of a curtain s utter movable on the rollers and comprising flexible opaque portions and side tapes eonnectin them to form an intermediate opening, the edges of said opaque portions adjacent the openings being each provided with an integral binding strip of relatively inflexible material, extending upon both surfaces of the curtain and having bifurcated ends between which the side taps are secured.

23. in a camera, the combination with a casin and rollers mounted therein, of a cur tain s utter movable on the rollers and comrising a continuous sheet of flexible material liaving opaque portions and an intermediate gpening, the longitudinal edges of the sheet em necting tapes between the opaque portions, and the transverse ed es of the latter being provided with integral binding strips of relatively inflexible material extending upon both surfaces of the curtain and having bifurcated ends between which the side tapes are secured.

WILLIAM F. FOLMER. Witnesses:

RUSSELL B. GRIFFITH, HAROLD H. SIMMS.

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